“Kevlar is the critical component of much of the world’s body armor, but, according to Caballero, it is too bulky and rigid to be used in the protective panels of, say, a stylish white dinner jacket like the one he sold to the rapper Diddy, or a kimono like the one he custom-made for the actor Steven Seagal, or tunics like the ones he created for the Wu-Tang Clan.”

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